ROYAL Mail paid pounds 15million compensation to unhappy customers last year, new figures reveal.
It follows more than 1.6million complaints from users, according to watchdogs.
More than half the compensation bill was for items lost in the post.
But it was also forced to fork out for damaged goods, late deliveries and failure to redirect mail.
A spokesman for Royal Mail’s owner Consignia – which is losing pounds 1.5m-a-day – admitted: “It’s not good enough.”
Deutsche Post AG said it will offer its workers a pay rise at the next scheduled round of wage negotiations on June 10 and 11 but warned the ver.di union’s demand for a 6.5 pct pay rise is “unrealistic”.
The company did not say how much it is offering.
Ver.di said today that postal workers will hold warning strikes from tomorrow after two failed rounds of pay talks.
The strikes will disrupt some postal services, the union said.
A year ago, Integres Global Logistics made a splash in the air-cargo industry by announcing that it provide small and medium shippers with global access to multiple carriers. It also said it planned to book shipments to Europe by early this year.
So far, however, Integres hasn’t moved far beyond its initial role as a domestic forwarder. The joint venture of Roadway Express, United Airlines and Unisys Corp., is attracting most of its business from Roadway Air, a subsidiary of Roadway Express.
Read MoreThe government is considering allowing private entrants into the mail delivery market to share about 180,000 mailboxes currently owned by post offices, the Nihon Keizai newspaper cited government sources as saying.
The post boxes are due to be taken over by a public postal corporation slated to be set up next April.
The government earlier considered requiring such firms to set up some 100,000 mailboxes on their own, but it concluded that deregulation is necessary to give companies incentive to enter the new market.
Letter deliveries in Germany could be hit by a series of “warning strikes,” from Tuesday in a dispute over pay, a spokesman for the Ver.di union, Rolf Buettner said.
Buettner, who sits on the Deutsche Post board as a union representative, said the strikes are likely to result in reduced postal services.
Ver.di is claiming 6.5 percent pay rises for its members, and has criticised the partly privatised company for not responding to the claims.
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Read MoreA national secure parcel delivery company is creating 50 new jobs with the introduction of a new service. This follows an increase in demand from major customers such as J Sainsbury and Iceland.
Read MoreNetto, the discount supermarket chain with 120 stores across the UK, has awarded a 3 year contract for the delivery of frozen, chilled and ambient products to DFDS Logistics.
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